Catch-22 for TV trial
We were rejected from the TV trial because we aren't on the "Unlimited Fibre" package.
However, we are on the older precursor - the "Extra Fibre 250" product - and currently use around 100GB of the 250GB allowance, so well under the limit. It is the same price each month as "Unlimited", so we have not seen the need to change.
In the original application, we stated that we would change package (as it is a perfectly reasonable requirement) if accepted on the trial, but were still rejected. The best offer we get is that if we upgrade first, then we might get considered if any more trialists are added.
The catch-22 dilemma is this:
Upgrading to the "unlimited fibre" package locks us in to a new 18 month contract that we otherwise don't need (we have no minimum contract period now, because we've been on this fibre contract for near 3 years). It would cost the same, and provide the same service. The only gain that we get from it is that we might get considered as triallists. But getting locked into the 18 month contract prevents us from considering the other TV options available at the moment. That seems a risk too far.
One very timely reason for being interested in the trial is that our existing DVR is on its last legs and not likely to last 18 months. Looking for a replacement nowadays requires us to consider those TV options - which, until now, has included BT, Sky, TalkTalk (and, at a push, Virgin) but not Plusnet. It would be daft to sign up to an 18 month contract, for no reason, with the one company who cannot supply a TV option!
Agreeing to a new contract even after being accepted into the trial would also be a risk (what if we don't like the end result? What if it last 3 months, and just disappears?) but seems like a reasonable compromise.
I don't mind getting rejected for a real reason, but this one seems daft. Though now I've posted a comment about the trial onto the internet, I've given a real reason to be thrown off if ever we were on it
Ho hum.
However, we are on the older precursor - the "Extra Fibre 250" product - and currently use around 100GB of the 250GB allowance, so well under the limit. It is the same price each month as "Unlimited", so we have not seen the need to change.
In the original application, we stated that we would change package (as it is a perfectly reasonable requirement) if accepted on the trial, but were still rejected. The best offer we get is that if we upgrade first, then we might get considered if any more trialists are added.
The catch-22 dilemma is this:
Upgrading to the "unlimited fibre" package locks us in to a new 18 month contract that we otherwise don't need (we have no minimum contract period now, because we've been on this fibre contract for near 3 years). It would cost the same, and provide the same service. The only gain that we get from it is that we might get considered as triallists. But getting locked into the 18 month contract prevents us from considering the other TV options available at the moment. That seems a risk too far.
One very timely reason for being interested in the trial is that our existing DVR is on its last legs and not likely to last 18 months. Looking for a replacement nowadays requires us to consider those TV options - which, until now, has included BT, Sky, TalkTalk (and, at a push, Virgin) but not Plusnet. It would be daft to sign up to an 18 month contract, for no reason, with the one company who cannot supply a TV option!
Agreeing to a new contract even after being accepted into the trial would also be a risk (what if we don't like the end result? What if it last 3 months, and just disappears?) but seems like a reasonable compromise.
I don't mind getting rejected for a real reason, but this one seems daft. Though now I've posted a comment about the trial onto the internet, I've given a real reason to be thrown off if ever we were on it
Ho hum.
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